Agent Resolved Issues
Note:
Refer to the Agent Enhancements section of the release notes for general product updates and library changes. For security alerts requiring manual intervention (primarily for on-premises deployments), visit the Splunk Security Advisory portal.
| Key | Product | Summary | Severity Level | Affected Version(s) | Release Version | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIM-10447 | Machine Agent | Process state could be associated with the wrong process when the operating system reused a process ID (PID) across collection intervals. | Medium | 26.1.0 | 26.8.0 | September 9, 2026 |
| SIM-10598 | Machine Agent | Periodic extension execution could fall out of phase with the Controller's one-minute metric buckets, producing an empty bucket followed by two samples in the next bucket. | Medium | 26.4.0 | 26.8.0 | September 9, 2026 |
| SIM-10622 | Machine Agent | In Cluster Agent Helm deployments, values configured under infraViz.propertyBag were not passed to the Machine Agent. | Medium | 26.6.0 | 26.8.0 | September 9, 2026 |
| SIM-10636 | Machine Agent | Files for the bundled OTel Collector could be installed with root ownership when the Machine Agent RPM package was used. | Medium | 26.4.1 | 26.8.0 | September 9, 2026 |
| SIM-10653 | Machine Agent | A blank application-name value in controller-info.xml could cause Machine Agent registration errors and HTTP 500 responses. | Low | 26.4.1 | 26.8.0 | September 9, 2026 |
| SIM-10662 | Machine Agent | PID-level metrics for frequently restarted Docker processes could create excessive unique metric paths and increase Controller load. | Medium | 26.4.1 | 26.8.0 | September 9, 2026 |
| SIM-10735 | Machine Agent | A Linux RPM installation could enable the bundled splunk-otel-collector.service without explicit customer opt-in. | Medium | 26.3.0-26.7.x | 26.8.0 | September 9, 2026 |